Oscar Week: Meet the Nominees

We’ll round up today with the first Best Supporting Actress nominee – Amy Adams in The Fighter! Adams plays Ward’s girlfriend, Charlene Flemming, who is seen by his mother and sisters as intrusive and bad for his career. Adams been nominated in this category twice before for her roles in Junebug and Doubt. Going against type for this role, an opportunity she was said to have relished, Adams took advantage of playing a sexy and demanding girlfriend to the fullest.

C. Jordan is an avid pop culture enthusiast and writer who currently resides in Iowa. In the 1990's, she lived in in the midst of Hollywood, California where she appeared in several television shows and low budget films, such as Crocodile Tears and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (uncredited). She now continues her passion for all things reality and entertainment here, helping to create The Yak! She is also pursuing work in the medical administration field, having gone back to school and earning her degree in Medical Office Management. She also has a B.A. in Psychology.